「ᴇɴᴄʀʏᴘᴛᴇᴅ ᴠɪᴅᴇᴏ」

[codere]

Listen up, this is important. [ Normally when Rin addresses the network through the CereVice, it's with a whimsical demeanor that shows she doesn't take anything seriously at all. That shroud's been dispelled. In lieu of it is a determined, but cold young woman. ]

There was an odd message that appeared on the network towards the end of last year around December 7. You could try to recover it, but the message has expired since then. [ No doubt for good reason, but Rin's used to painting a target on her back so she has no qualms with revealing information all while brushing off the danger she's placed herself in. ] The contents don't merit discussion, but through the help of another we've unearthed valuable information that should be shared to everyone who has been brought to this colony from another world.

[ Standing beside her, Archer speaks up. ] ...let's start like this. The beings that claim to be Artificial Intelligence's happen to have physical forms. I'm not taking questions on the matter but I've met one.

[ Rin groans, not pleased with being rudely cut off where everyone can see. ] It's as my Archer says. The one who contacted us has a physical form and most likely could be endangered due to your reckless discussions about them after the fact. With the alias LILITH, she arrived from another world once like we have, but due to being a part of this colony for so long, she has developed abilities to better combat the infrastructure of the system that surrounds this place. There are others like her who are far superior and have displayed omnipotent abilities as many of us have witnessed over time.

... speaking of others, LILITH is searching for her sister. Finding her may be another piece of the puzzle and if you do happen to locate such an individual, I hope you'll call me. Anyway Archer, what were the assumed titles of the others she mentioned? I forgot already...

[ SIGHING. This was proper biblical history. How could anyone not know it. ] We're not just talking about LILITH here. If we go into the meat of it, we also need to bring in ADAM and EVE. If everyone has heard the story about the first man and woman, descriptions won't be necessary.

You'll have to ignore my Servant's lack of tact when it comes to these things. [ Rin pipes back up after jabbing her elbow into his side for all the good it does her. Those abs. ] More importantly, they are Artificial Intelligence which means it's possible that LILITH as well as others are learning from our actions. There was mention of a trial and if my suspicions are true, then LILITH's compiling the data she received in order to create a simulation of sorts, possibly for ViViD. Hmm, it's been a while and we haven't heard anything yet so it's possible this sort of thing takes a large amount of time and processing power.

If you ignored all of that, then you should at least take these last two things to heart.

My Archer fought against this LILITH and even though the battle was rough, the area surrounding it was untouched. I'm not sure if this is a side effect of the colony itself or if it's some kind of hidden ability within the AI's themselves. Breaking into the system that governs this colony and taking advantage of that could help us combat the power outages as well as destructive behavior of some of the robotic friends here.

[ Now time for the hard part, the one she suspects won't go over so well with others. ] While speaking with LILITH, she referred to us outsiders as blikna. When inquired about its meaning, she simply informed us that her kind refer to the diseased with that term. There's something that's dirtied our blood. Sorry to shatter your disillusion about how fine everything is because it's not fine at all!

[ After retreating for a moment, Archer is back on the scene! Mostly to keep Rin from getting riled up. ] Try not to get uptight. There's always going to be something wrong with you. Especially with most of you idiots. Either way, don't go running to the doctor. And don't ask too many questions or you'll end up making things difficult. There's a bit more but speaking of going a little overboard....

[ Nope, don't mind him as he hits the button to cut off the broadcast. And probably get hit a few more times. That's a sacrifice he's willing to make. ]

OOC | as a heads up, all replies will be encrypted as well, sorry I didn't specify that sooner.

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[swordboning]

Sorry. I get the feeling you would have spoken about more. I don't want to give out too much this early.

[Fake apologies about hitting the power button. Yep, not even sorry.]

[codere]

Shut up, Archer. I'm currently not talking to you.

[ What a brat who is just going to sit here and sulk. Talking to people is hard, she doesn't want to talk to people, why are they doing this again?? ]

[purrfect_weapon]

Perhaps it was just something with the two of you. So what if they have physical forms, they could simply repair them if they were to be damaged? And if there was no damage perhaps the battle did not even take place.

[swordboning]

If you're capable of drawing your own conclusions, I have no need to explain any further. How does that sound?

[codere]

Oh right, my Archer just completely made up the story and we're doing this for attention. How attentive you must be to have figured it out all on your own.

[ It's not passive aggressiveness if she's just outright mean, is it? ] It means they have a physical form. Ordinary people don't just repair their bodies after they've been attacked. People die when they're killed.

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[redcinemareel]

[Since the last time Grell has spoken to Rin, she had blacklisted her in every way possible. Since she was addressing the network in general, with some valuable information, she was inclined to listen. Luckily, she set up her own computer, as her Cerevice is still blocking her. If she isn't careful, she'll just outright block Rin's existence after this.]

So now what?

[That is a lot of information to offer up, but there doesn't seem to be a concrete game plan. Maybe Rin does have one and just doesn't want to divulge it to everyone, which would be smart. But it also sounds like she's just running her mouth. Also, she doesn't truly care about having dirtied blood. Not that it isn't cause for alarm, but they don't know what it could entail just yet. No need for hysteria to sink in right now.]

If we're to truly search for these beings, we'd need to scour the colony in its entirety, and not just its physical form. And for the record, not all of us have big mouths.

[This is the first time anyone under her watch has made such a large statement about LILITH since that post went up.]

[codere]

[ While she's curious to see if Grell will comment on Rin sending Archer, she's probably one of the few that could figure out how the young wizard came by this information. Things tend to go better when you have a bruiser who can take a hit and live to tell about it. ]

Oh, plenty of people here do. [ Rolling her eyes at that. ]

They think it's safe to send private messages or to talk about these things in apartments filled with technology. This colony is covered in stuff that's effectively involved with this system and anyone who thinks things are private are just trying to trick themselves.

At most I get one AI targeted. [ Or she gets killed herself. That could suck. ] The gains outweigh the loss in this situation.

[swordboning]

That much is beyond me. I just do what is asked of me. Digital and physical forms and powers? I'm afraid I'm out of my league.

[Despite the fact that he did fight this...thing.]

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[emotive]

[Texting here because... Ai's not ready to talk to Archer and that is something she doesn't want to deal with! Yes, she prefers to deal with Rin over the Servant and text is easier to discuss things like this.]

I was one of the ones who engaged with LILITH back in December 7th.
There was a task that she mentioned and it seems like she reached out to see who would suit her needs.

About the "blikna" though
If we're diseased, is it a safe to assume it's a sort of failsafe
In case something goes wrong?

[codere]

[ Wow, Rin is going to circle this day on the calendar to be honest. ]

Something goes wrong for who ??

[ Rin suspects that already; if the restoration process was a failure, it'd be easier to purge them by inflicting them with sickness than to fight off a united front. ]

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[manolia]

[Chibi sits there for a second to process, eyebrows sharply raised. He looks a bit worse for wear on the feed; his shoulders wrapped thick in bandages, a bruise blossoming on his cheek, he's a When he does speak, it's deliberate, and with a tone more serious than his usual.]

An AI with physical form isn't unusual, nor one with learning capabilities. From what you've told me, a few things pop out: for one, that she has arrived from another world, yet grown so entwined with this one that she can control it. There's also the matter of the colony's systems, and how to 'break into' them, but that's something more complicated.

So, there are a few questions that come to the forefront: Through what channels is she gathering information? Is there a safe way to exchange without unwanted eavesdroppers? Why are our robotic friends acting so hostile? Does it relate to this trial you've spoken of? -- Ah, but I suppose I am making things difficult. [He cracks a smile, but the shade in his voice is practically dripping.]

As for the supposed disease... [His shoulders relax. Finally!] I'd not put too much stock in it. I doubt any intelligence, artificial or not, would be inclined to like a bunch of sudden intruders.

[swordboning]

Rather than making things difficult, you're asking questions that are preferably not answered. By her or us, at this rate.

[Or maybe it's stuff they just don't know.]

But you'd be better off not dismissing the problem that easily. It's pretty clear that one thing is true. People who stay here long enough assimilate. Therefore, those who haven't been here the required amount of time have something 'wrong' with them, according to one perspective or another.

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[perfectstrike]

When it comes down to it, is this "Lilith" an ally or an enemy? Considering you seem to be concerned for its safety, yet permitted your servant to fight it.

[Peko getting straight to the point here, addressing Rin. She doesn't know much about Rin herself, considering that it's all pretty much hearsay from Saber, but it's enough that she's willing to give the other girl the benefit of the doubt.]

And you seem to be saying they are AIs with physical forms. Do you mean a robot, or something else?

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[swordboning]

If the were robots, I wouldn't say they had a body. No, there was definitely more there, a construct of some sort outside of the obvious.

[Encrypted Video]

[yourfononsarewhack]

[Jade studies their words carefully. He's relatively new here, so he's keen to absorb any interesting information that he can about the happenings on this world. It seems quite different from the world he was previously trapped on, after all.

Jade has his fingers steepled in front of him as he talks into the CereVice with a curious smile playing at his lips. He speaks primarily in a formal tone, but with some lightness occasionally underlining his words.]

My, how interesting. I suppose that I'll keep my eyes open for those individuals, although there's not much to go by without actual physical descriptions.

I do have one question regarding your accounts, however. This battle against this LILITH... who happened to initiate it, and why? [He thinks he needs to know more to understand this figure's nature.]

[swordboning]

Define what you mean by initiated. If you mean that I sought her out, then it would be me who did so. If you mean whoever escalated to violence, that would have been her. By most definitions, trespassing can cause violence so it could have been myself.

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[unionjackoff]

I knew it! I knew CERES did something to our code! [he's furious, disgusted even]

How did you manage to find LILITH again and battle her?

[swordboning]

That's a secret I'm not willing to pass out and give.

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[buildyourworld]

[ That's a lot of useless information considering the fact that they are basically withholding most of the important ones, such as what exactly was LILITH made for, their motives of battling LILITH and why they are only bringing this up now when they are quite eager in painting a negative image of her. ]

Why are you fighting LILITH in the first place? What was she programmed for?

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[swordboning]

The reason for fighting is self-defense on both parts, I suppose. I was an intruder but I had no wish to fight a useless fight. Still, defending myself is a priority. As for her code, wouldn't it be better if you just cracked it yourself?

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[sunshrouded]

[It's a lot to take in.

Though the response that comes in next is probably the last thing that either Archer or Rin are expecting, though Tenka has nothing more than a friendly grin.]

Huh.

And who're you two?

[He's always been more of the personable type - even when it comes to discussing things like this.]

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[swordboning]

Me, I'm absolutely no one. Some people call me Archer though.

[How absolutely pointless. Well, he's someone that hates pointless discussions.]

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[muties]

Huh, well that's interesting. [ pause. ] I mean, I got no fuckin' clue what you're really on about it but I'm guessing it's something to be... concerned about? Not sure what to think about this dirty blood thing, could have just been her being an ass tbh.

Are you just alertin' the masses or should we be doing somethin' about this... whatever this info is telling us?

AI's with physical forms don't sound too weird, I've only ever met one but he was in a pair of glasses before he got tossed into a sprite and combined with some horse guy. It was just as mystical as it sounds, fyi. [ And just as batshit. ]

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[swordboning]

It's simply things people should know but don't. Talking with her, there was a lot of information you just don't find in a guidebook you get when you first show up. It also gives people a way to not waste questions if they find a way to ask their own to these AIs.

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[candlecutterpikachu]

[ Being from Ye Olde Japan, he doesn't quite understand most of what's going on. But he does have a question. ]

Hey. [ It isn't often that he drops his relaxed and easygoing facade, but it seems necessary here. ] Do you believe what they told us, about our worlds being destroyed?

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[swordboning]

I never took the time to find out something like that because I don't believe it. And I'll simply refuse to believe it because there's no way to prove it. As anyone around here can see, things are easily faked.

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[niceguypose]

[Hospital!Lee is on the video now.]

D-diseased?! Ack, are you sure that is what this means?! I am sure that I have a clean bill of health!

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[swordboning]

It means you have a serious case of the Idiots. I'd suggest hitting your head against the wall for a few hours at a time to cure it.

[Who cares if he's in the hospital!!!!]

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[mermaiding]

[oh hey it's that dude she threw a necklace at.

Admittedly her grasp of language isn't good enough yet to really understand all that's being said here-- LILITH thing is bad? Maybe?? Or maybe not???? God she doesn't know and she doesn't particularly care. Human nonsense, human folly, so far as she's concerned.

She scratches her cheek idly and considers how to respond, or if she should at all] Do not understand much of what you said. [She won't lie, at least.] What is the problem? Just say it, do not be... round. [Oona means 'don't be roundabout with it' but, you know. Words.]

But dirty blood? Is fine. Has been fine. Do not feel ill or anything, so what does it matter right now? Can not do anything about that, so is useless to waste time worrying, yes?

[swordboning]

You're misunderstanding the statement. Of course your fine. But for those who are more integral to the system, you aren't. It also hints that we'll slowly change in that direction too.

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[espersions]

Who won?

[swordboning]

If I answered saying that I won, it would give you too much of a measure of my power. If I said I lost, you'd probably ridicule me. While the latter is less damaging, I'll just prefer to not answer.

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[dereban]

It figures that there's going to be something wrong when it comes to this world.

Do we even know what LILITH's sister looks like?

[swordboning]

Seeing as I haven't seen her, I think I can safely say that I don't know what she looks like.

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[subvert]

I would like to clarify a few things.

[rin, at least, knows that delita has made an effort to become more technologically adept... and that his world is nowhere near this level of technology. it's definitely been a learning curve, to say the least.]

"Artificial Intelligence" - the name suggests that essentially, it is a human mind, but created by being constructed rather than born. Is that correct? And Archer (is that your name, sir?) suggests that they have physical forms that, for all that matters to us, appear to be like one of us.

[this requires some thought. conceptually, like... he gets it, and he doesn't. it's a lot to take in, how to process this idea and combine it with other ideas about processing power and servers and all of that. it feels like he's being taught to swim by being thrown into the ocean.]

I suspect both of you will laugh at my question, but what is the difference between them, and us?

[it's possible that this is a philosophical question... but it isn't actually, delita just doesn't know how else to put it. he doesn't mean morally; the morals of the situation, like most situations, haven't come up in his brain. it's more "what makes it so we should treat them as anything other than human", in terms of how to deal with them.]

[codere]

For now ??
It seems our blood. [ Sorry for the completely unhelpful answer, Delita.

At least Rin doesn't leave it at that. It'd be pointless to discourage someone who has tried to gather people here on his own suspicions so maybe she can push him in the right direction. ]

I suspect the people here who don't interact much with us beyond a few words might have once been like us.
Somewhere along the line, that could be our future.

LILITH is an oddity among Artificial Intelligence.
Somewhat sentient, ever learning, and curious about us.
Out of those three, the last one is the one we should be most cautious about.

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[shacklebreaker]

...Fascinating. Thank you to the pair of you, for putting yourselves on the line for this information. It could prove crucial.

Given that you battled LILITH, would you say she is a friend or foe? Or neither?

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[swordboning]

....hesitantly an ally. Though more of a hands off one. If someone else tried to intrude in on her, I'm sure they'd get just as much of a negative reception.

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[luckybreaks]

Thank you for letting us know...I'm not really sure what any of it means, but it's always good to know a few more puzzle pieces.

[ Some of this...doesn't make a whole lot of sense for him. :|a ]

Not that I really thought everything was fine, but...

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[swordboning]

But what? It's pointless to leave sentences hanging.

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[fantasykiller]

[He really wished Index was here. Her expert knowledge on Christian lore seemed like it would be helpful in this situation.]

Do you have any information on LILITH's sister? It's kind of hard to search for someone when you don't know anything about them.

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[swordboning]

I have nothing in regards to the others. They aren't the ones I confronted either way.